Spigel Welcome to the Dreamhouse

Popular Media and Postwar Suburbs
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8317-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten

Reihe: Console-ing Passions

Historical and theoretical essays on television and media culture by a leading feminist studies scholar.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spigel, Lynn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I. TV Households

1. The Suburban Home Companion: Television and the Neighborhood Ideal in Postwar America

2. Portable TV: Studies in Domestic Space Travel

Part II. White Flight

3. From Domestic Space to Outer Space: The 1960s Fantastic Family Sit-Com

Part III. Baby Boom Kids

5. Seducing the Innocent: Television and Childhood in Postwar America

6. Innocence Abroad: The Geopolitics of Childhood in Postwar Kid Strips

Part IV. Living Room to Gallery

7. High Culture in Low Places: Television and Modern Art, 1950–1970

8. Barbies without Ken: Femininity, Feminism, and the Art-Culture System

Part V. Rewind and Fast Forward

9. From the Dark Ages to the Golden Age: Women’s Memories and Television Reruns

10. Yesterday’s Future, Tomorrow’s Home

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lynn Spigel is Professor of Radio, Television, and Film at Northwestern University. She is the author of Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America.